Fashion Design Assistant

Leading High Street Supplier

Full Time / Office Based

A leading international high street fashion supplier is looking to recruit a graduate design assistant to join the team! A friendly and fast paced environment with great scope for career development, working across multi-product trend-led womenswear.

Design Assistant Role & Responsibilities

• Filing, management of production samples and general admin duties.
• Manage processing of garments, ensuring the best presentation for the customer. Updating trackers and systems with photos.
• Work closely with the technical department to ensure samples are speced on time.
• Ensure samples and parcels are sent out to customers on time.
• Set up new style numbers on PLM with all relevant fabric and trim details.
• Send patterns & fabrics to factories for sampling and update the system and trackers.
• Prepare fabric packs & boards, preparation for customer meetings.
• Create detailed specification sheets and request patterns.
• Liaise with factories and mills through sampling process where necessary. Tracking fabrics, trims and samples.
• Support designer on research, creating boards, shop reports and style sketches.

About You

• Strong work ethic, willing to go the extra mile.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Excellent attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Good eye for commercial product and trends.
• Passionate, enthusiastic, shows initiative.
• A strong interest and awareness of the industry, what’s happening on the high street, catwalks and social media.
• Knowledge of garment construction.
• Proficient IT user including use of photoshop and illustrator

A fabulous opportunity for a graduate design assistant to join an exciting and expanding fashion business